diff --git a/e2e/docs/components/route-link.md b/e2e/docs/components/route-link.md
index ec2656aa50..48dd4e0010 100644
--- a/e2e/docs/components/route-link.md
+++ b/e2e/docs/components/route-link.md
@@ -28,13 +28,19 @@
 
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md" active="">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md" active>text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/" active="">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/" active>text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md" :active="false">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/" :active="false">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/">text</RouteLink>
 
 ### Class
 
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md" class="custom-class">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md" active class="custom-class">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/" class="custom-class">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/" active class="custom-class">text</RouteLink>
 
 ### Attrs
 
@@ -42,11 +48,17 @@
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md" target="_blank">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md" rel="noopener">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md" aria-label="test">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/" title="Title">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/" target="_blank">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/" rel="noopener">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/" aria-label="test">text</RouteLink>
 
 ### Slots
 
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md"><span>text</span></RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md"><span>text</span><span>text2</span></RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/"><span>text</span></RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/"><span>text</span><span>text2</span></RouteLink>
 
 ### Hash and query
 
@@ -56,9 +68,24 @@
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md?query=1#hash">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md?query=1&query=2#hash">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="/README.md#hash?query=1&query=2">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/#hash">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/?query">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/?query#hash">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/?query=1#hash">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/?query=1&query=2#hash">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="/#hash?query=1&query=2">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="#hash">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="?query">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="?query#hash">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="?query=1#hash">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="?query=1&query=2#hash">text</RouteLink>
 - <RouteLink to="#hash?query=1&query=2">text</RouteLink>
+
+### Relative
+
+- <RouteLink to="../README.md">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="../404.md">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="not-exist.md">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="../">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="../404.html">text</RouteLink>
+- <RouteLink to="not-exist.html">text</RouteLink>
diff --git a/e2e/tests/components/route-link.spec.ts b/e2e/tests/components/route-link.spec.ts
index c72e932ff2..e555744cac 100644
--- a/e2e/tests/components/route-link.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/tests/components/route-link.spec.ts
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ test('should render active status correctly', async ({ page }) => {
   const CONFIGS = [
     'route-link route-link-active',
     'route-link route-link-active',
+    'route-link route-link-active',
+    'route-link route-link-active',
+    'route-link',
+    'route-link',
     'route-link',
     'route-link',
   ]
@@ -53,6 +57,8 @@ test('should render class correctly', async ({ page }) => {
   const CONFIGS = [
     'route-link custom-class',
     'route-link route-link-active custom-class',
+    'route-link custom-class',
+    'route-link route-link-active custom-class',
   ]
 
   for (const [index, className] of CONFIGS.entries()) {
@@ -80,6 +86,22 @@ test('should render attributes correctly', async ({ page }) => {
       attrName: 'aria-label',
       attrValue: 'test',
     },
+    {
+      attrName: 'title',
+      attrValue: 'Title',
+    },
+    {
+      attrName: 'target',
+      attrValue: '_blank',
+    },
+    {
+      attrName: 'rel',
+      attrValue: 'noopener',
+    },
+    {
+      attrName: 'aria-label',
+      attrValue: 'test',
+    },
   ]
 
   for (const [index, { attrName, attrValue }] of CONFIGS.entries()) {
@@ -99,6 +121,14 @@ test('should render slots correctly', async ({ page }) => {
       spansCount: 2,
       spansText: ['text', 'text2'],
     },
+    {
+      spansCount: 1,
+      spansText: ['text'],
+    },
+    {
+      spansCount: 2,
+      spansText: ['text', 'text2'],
+    },
   ]
   for (const [index, { spansCount, spansText }] of CONFIGS.entries()) {
     const children = await page
@@ -114,6 +144,12 @@ test('should render slots correctly', async ({ page }) => {
 
 test('should render hash and query correctly', async ({ page }) => {
   const CONFIGS = [
+    `${BASE}#hash`,
+    `${BASE}?query`,
+    `${BASE}?query#hash`,
+    `${BASE}?query=1#hash`,
+    `${BASE}?query=1&query=2#hash`,
+    `${BASE}#hash?query=1&query=2`,
     `${BASE}#hash`,
     `${BASE}?query`,
     `${BASE}?query#hash`,
@@ -134,3 +170,20 @@ test('should render hash and query correctly', async ({ page }) => {
     ).toHaveAttribute('href', href)
   }
 })
+
+test('should render relative links correctly', async ({ page }) => {
+  const CONFIGS = [
+    BASE,
+    `${BASE}404.html`,
+    `${BASE}components/not-exist.html`,
+    BASE,
+    `${BASE}404.html`,
+    `${BASE}components/not-exist.html`,
+  ]
+
+  for (const [index, href] of CONFIGS.entries()) {
+    await expect(
+      page.locator('.e2e-theme-content #relative + ul > li a').nth(index),
+    ).toHaveAttribute('href', href)
+  }
+})
diff --git a/packages/client/src/components/RouteLink.ts b/packages/client/src/components/RouteLink.ts
index a246bba061..be3dccd24c 100644
--- a/packages/client/src/components/RouteLink.ts
+++ b/packages/client/src/components/RouteLink.ts
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
-import { h } from 'vue'
-import type { FunctionalComponent, HTMLAttributes, VNode } from 'vue'
-import { useRouter } from 'vue-router'
+import { removeLeadingSlash } from '@vuepress/shared'
+import { computed, defineComponent, h } from 'vue'
+import type { SlotsType, VNode } from 'vue'
+import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router'
 import { resolveRoutePath } from '../router/index.js'
-import { withBase } from '../utils/index.js'
 
 /**
  * Forked from https://github.com/vuejs/router/blob/941b2131e80550009e5221d4db9f366b1fea3fd5/packages/router/src/RouterLink.ts#L293
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const guardEvent = (event: MouseEvent): boolean | void => {
   return true
 }
 
-export interface RouteLinkProps extends HTMLAttributes {
+export interface RouteLinkProps {
   /**
    * Whether the link is active to have an active class
    *
@@ -53,42 +53,61 @@ export interface RouteLinkProps extends HTMLAttributes {
  *
  * It's recommended to use `RouteLink` in VuePress.
  */
-export const RouteLink: FunctionalComponent<
-  RouteLinkProps,
-  Record<never, never>,
-  {
-    default: () => string | VNode | (string | VNode)[]
-  }
-> = (
-  { active = false, activeClass = 'route-link-active', to, ...attrs },
-  { slots },
-) => {
-  const router = useRouter()
-  const resolvedPath = resolveRoutePath(to)
+export const RouteLink = defineComponent({
+  name: 'RouteLink',
 
-  const path =
-    // only anchor or query
-    resolvedPath.startsWith('#') || resolvedPath.startsWith('?')
-      ? resolvedPath
-      : withBase(resolvedPath)
+  props: {
+    /**
+     * The route path to link to
+     */
+    to: {
+      type: String,
+      required: true,
+    },
 
-  return h(
-    'a',
-    {
-      ...attrs,
-      class: ['route-link', { [activeClass]: active }],
-      href: path,
-      onClick: (event: MouseEvent = {} as MouseEvent) => {
-        guardEvent(event) ? router.push(to).catch() : Promise.resolve()
-      },
+    /**
+     * Whether the link is active to have an active class
+     *
+     * Notice that the active status is not automatically determined according to the current route.
+     */
+    active: Boolean,
+
+    /**
+     * The class to add when the link is active
+     */
+    activeClass: {
+      type: String,
+      default: 'route-link-active',
     },
-    slots.default?.(),
-  )
-}
+  },
 
-RouteLink.displayName = 'RouteLink'
-RouteLink.props = {
-  active: Boolean,
-  activeClass: String,
-  to: String,
-}
+  slots: Object as SlotsType<{
+    default: () => string | VNode | (string | VNode)[]
+  }>,
+
+  setup(props, { slots }) {
+    const router = useRouter()
+    const route = useRoute()
+
+    const path = computed(() =>
+      props.to.startsWith('#') || props.to.startsWith('?')
+        ? props.to
+        : `${__VUEPRESS_BASE__}${removeLeadingSlash(resolveRoutePath(props.to, route.path))}`,
+    )
+
+    return () =>
+      h(
+        'a',
+        {
+          class: ['route-link', { [props.activeClass]: props.active }],
+          href: path.value,
+          onClick: (event: MouseEvent = {} as MouseEvent) => {
+            if (guardEvent(event)) {
+              router.push(props.to).catch()
+            }
+          },
+        },
+        slots.default?.(),
+      )
+  },
+})